People and Culture Partner (Fixed Term Contract)

People Operations     ·         London, UK         ·       Full time (Fixed Term Contract)

At DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Snapshot

DeepMind has a remarkable track record of scientific breakthroughs. Such extraordinary work is a direct result of the brilliant and diverse groups of people we bring together. Our People and Culture team work together to maintain, optimise, and nurture our culture to create the best environment in the world for advancing AI research. A place where everyone’s expertise is recognised and where everyone is continually learning and supported to be the best leaders, managers, and collaborators they can be.

About us

We’re a dedicated scientific community, committed to “solving intelligence” and ensuring our technology is used for widespread public benefit. We’ve built a supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and learning is shared freely. We don’t set limits based on what others think is possible or impossible. We drive ourselves and inspire each other to push boundaries and achieve ambitious goals.

We constantly iterate on our workplace experience with the goal of ensuring it encourages a balanced life. From excellent office facilities through to extensive manager support, we strive to support our people and their needs as effectively as possible.

Our list of benefits is extensive, and we’re happy to discuss this further throughout the interview process!

The Role

We are seeking a People & Culture Partner to join our team on a 12 month fixed-term basis; an opportunity for you to make a real difference and contribute to something extraordinary!

You will spend the majority of your time partnering with managers and teams in our Engineering Team, in addition to contributing to building tools and programs that support our culture, DeepMinders, managers and leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

• You are an effective advisor and enjoy coaching managers on a 1:1 basis to develop their skills and enhance team performance.
• Possessing a natural ability to build relationships with people, you put them at ease and create understanding. You enjoy spending time with people and have a strong sense of empathy.
• Experience  in delivering high impact solutions to challenges including organisation design, career development and leadership capability.
• You enjoy operating independently but love being part of a highly encouraging supportive and collaborative team.
• Having  a strong understanding of human behaviour, including a strong understanding of self.
• You are exceptionally  organised, used to working in a dynamic environment and balancing many different tasks. You are proactive and see what needs to be done.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, you  enjoy changeable environments where you can implement creative and innovative ideas.
• You can act with confidence in a driven  culture, instilling trust in everyone you interact with, delivering thoughtful  solutions. You can turn your hand to most things and if you don’t know the answer you are tenacious in finding out.
• Data driven approach to partnering.
• You enjoy variety and have a get stuck in mentality – no task is too big or too small. You are proactive and see what needs to be done.
• You are inventive and enjoy managing your own work and projects.
• You share information and support the growth and development of others in your team, understanding that succeed or fail, we do so as a team.

About You

In order to set you up for success as a People & Culture Partner at DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• You have substantial experience operating as an HR professional, preferably some of which was in a small but fast growing business, where you had to wear multiple hats and build innovative HR practices and frameworks yourself
• You like a blend of partnering and project work and are able to seamlessly move from one to the other.

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